Corporate Certification

Level-Up Your Communication Team

Your opportunity to ensure communication professionals in your organization have the communication knowledge and skills they need to succeed in their careers and maintain their relevance is here. The Global Communication Certification Council (GCCC) offers our profession’s only international communication certification program, representing a commitment to the highest standards of strategic communication excellence and adherence to the ethical principles of the communication profession. 

Certification can deliver key benefits that positively impact business:

• It makes your company a better competitor; certification can be a door opener to new opportunities in business development.

• Certification can reduce potential risks; having certified business communication professionals helps avoid communication missteps that can affect stock prices, brand perception, reputation and potential issues around safety.

Certified Teams Give Confidence to Senior Leadership

GCCC certification can provide a high level of confidence among senior leadership that your corporate communication team is highly trained, credentialed and prepared to support key business strategies and initiatives. Research we’ve conducted through the GCCC indicates that certification through the GCCC gives communication professionals global credibility, credentials, and confidence.

• GCCC certifications are designed to ensure that communication professionals meet standards-based competencies to elevate their work and the results of the company.

• GCCC certification revolves around six key communication principles to ensure the highest level of professionalism: ethics, strategy, analysis, context, engagement, and consistency. Earning professional communication certification from the GCCC demonstrates that the certification holder has a deep level of professional communication knowledge and expertise in these areas.
• GCCC certification is aligned to the Global Standard of the Communication Profession, ensuring consistency and credibility throughout all efforts. The Global Standard was pioneered and developed by the IABC and is the basis upon which other communication competency frameworks have since been developed. 
• The incidence of improved confidence at work is three times higher among certified professionals when compared to their non-certified peers. This is driven by a stronger work-profile.
• Certification improves employee engagement and retention – which, in this global race for talent has never been more important. Employees who have access to professional development are 15% more engaged in their jobs and those with the highest levels of commitment perform 20% better. 

Certification helps us champion our profession by:

• Elevating the Global Standard as a guide and differentiator for communication professionals
• Enabling our certificants and customers to be advocates for our profession
• Building recognition with the C-suite and other professions.

For as little as USD $395 per person, you can test the level of existing professional competence of each eligible individual communication professional against the Global Standard of the Communication Profession, via certification through the Global Communication Certification Council (GCCC). 

Are you ready to take the next step?

Contact Marlee Honcoop (mhoncoop@iabc.com) for more information and to certify your communication team today.